Overture and Beginners

Jimmy is an actor pushing 60, tiny gay and adored by millions. His career has been stellar but his private life is a disaster. After his last relationship goes sour he decides to call it a day, until he meets Pete who comes round to paint his windows. Pete is a widower in his sixties, he has children and grandchildren and a little brown dog named Jerry, he is also so far into the closet that he could technically be used as a coat hanger.

Through many ups and downs, they begin to create a life together. Along the way, we meet Esther Bloom Jimmy’s agent and oldest friend, known to everyone as Brutus, and Pete’s best mate Bobble. A novel that shows that it is never too late to find love.